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Apple M2 (8-GPU) vs Intel Core Ultra 5 228V

Last updated: 2026-06-05

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 2 - 99 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 5 228V

Multi-core performance

Rank 2 - 96 %

Apple M2 (8-GPU)

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core Ultra 5 228V

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

120 pts

8C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

113 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

555 pts

8C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

592 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

1,592 pts

8C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

1,746 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

8,558 pts

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

9,041 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

2,596

8C / 8T · 4.50 GHz

2,585

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

8C / 8T · 3.50 GHz

10,062

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

10,053

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Apple M2 (8 Core)

2,840

Intel Arc 130V

5,180

AI performance (NPU)

8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz

15.8 TOPS

8C / 8T · 2.20 GHz

40.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)
190 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
Family	Apple M series (38)	Intel Core Ultra 5 (35)
CPU group	Apple M2 (8)	Intel Core Ultra 200V (9)
Architecture	M2	Lunar Lake
Technology	5 nm	3 nm
Segment	Notebook	Notebook
Socket		BGA 2833
Predecessor	Apple M1
Successor	Apple M3 (8-GPU)

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
CPU Cores / Threads	8 / 8	8 / 8
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	4x Avalanche 0.66 - 3.50 GHz	4x Lion Cove 2.20 - 4.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	4x Blizzard 0.60 - 2.42 GHz	4x Skymont 0 - 3.50 GHz
L2-Cache	20.00 MB	14.00 MB
L3-Cache		8.00 MB
Overclocking	✗	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
GPU name	Apple M2 (8 Core)	Intel Arc 130V
GPU frequency	0.45 - 1.40 GHz	0.60 - 1.85 GHz
CUs / Shader	128 / 1024	56 / 896
Raytracing	✗	✓
Max. displays	2	3
Max. GPU Memory	24 GB	32 GB
Technology	5 nm	5 nm
Release date	Q2/2022	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
AI hardware	Apple Neural Engine	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	16 Neural cores @ 15.8 TOPS	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 40 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
Memory	LPDDR5-6400 (102.4 GB/s)	LPDDR5X-8533 (136.5 GB/s)
Max. Memory	24 GB	32 GB
Memory channels	2	2
ECC	No	No
PCIe	4.0	5.0 x 8
PCIe Bandwidth		31.5 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
TDP	20 W	17 W
TDP (PL2)		37 W
TDP up	25 W
TDP down	10 W
T. junction max.	100 °C	110 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Apple M2 (8-GPU)	Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	macOS, iPadOS	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	Armv8.5-A (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	Rosetta 2 x86-Emulation	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q2/2022	Q3/2024
Release price
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Apple M2 (8-GPU) is 4.6 stars (111 ratings), while Intel Core Ultra 5 228V has received 3.4 stars (21 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.66 - 3.50 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Core Ultra 5 228V
8C / 8T · 2.20 - 4.50 GHz

★★★★★